LONGMONT -- A Boulder High School teacher and golf coach will have judgment and sentencing deferred for two years after pleading guilty to indecent exposure Thursday, but will not be allowed to work with children during that time.

James Kozlowski, 45, will have the charge dismissed at the end of that two years if he also registers as a sexual offender, completes treatment, and fulfills any probation the court may assign. Kozlowski also pleaded guilty to two counts of public indecency, in exchange for the prosecution dropping a second indecent exposure charge.

"We're pleased with the outcome because the defendant is taking responsibility for his actions," deputy district attorney Ben Figa said. "We take sex offenses very seriously with our office. We gave this case a lot of consideration and this was a fair outcome."

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Sentencing on the public indecency charges, a petty offense, will take place Feb. 7.

Kozlowski, a business tech and social studies teacher, was arrested in August after a woman claimed he exposed himself to her at a garage sale in Longmont. The woman told police that a man in basketball shorts knelt next to a stack of clothes, at which point she could see he was not wearing underwear. The man then pulled the shorts away from his leg, exposing his genitals to her, she told police.

Police later identified the man as Kozlowski through a description of his vehicle. A second woman claimed he also had exposed himself to her at another garage sale that day, according to police. Both women told police they believed he exposed himself on purpose, with one woman claiming he had done the same thing at a garage sale four years before.

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When questioned about the incident by police, Kozlowski denied the charges. He initially pleaded not guilty and was to come to trial in January, before he decided to agree to the guilty pleas Thursday in the Longmont branch of the Boulder County Courthouse.

The school placed Kozlowski on paid administrative leave after the arrest, pending investigation.

Indecent exposure is a class one misdemeanor, punishable by up to 18 months in jail and up to $5,000 in fines. Public indecency is a class one petty offense, which can carry up to six months in jail and up to $500 in fines.

Judge Karolyn Moore said Kozlowski could apply after two years to be removed from the sexual offender registry if he successfully completed all his conditions, though removal would not be guaranteed. Failure to meet the conditions would lead to sentencing on the indecent exposure charge.

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